Lat. In the civil and old English law. Property; that which is one's own; ownership. Proprietas plena, full property, including not only the title, but the usufruct, or exclusive right to the use. Calvin. Proprietas nuda, naked or mere property or ownership; the mere title, separate from the usufruct Proprietas totins navis carina eansam sequitur. The property of the whole … [Read more...] about PROPRIETAS
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PROROGUE
To direct suspension ot proceedings of parliament; to terminate a session. … [Read more...] about PROROGUE
PROPRIETATE PROBANDA
The name of a writ. See De proprietate probanda. … [Read more...] about PROPRIETATE PROBANDA
PROSCRIBED
In the civil law. Among the Romans, a man was said to be "proscribed" when a reward was offered for his head; but the term was more usually applied to those who were sentenced to some punishment which carried with it the consequences of civil death. Cod. 9, 49. … [Read more...] about PROSCRIBED
PROPRIETATE PROBANDA, DE.
A writ addressed to a sheriff to try by an Inquest In whom certain property, previous to distress, subsisted. Finch, Law, 316. Proprietates erbornm servanda) sunt. The proprieties of words [proper meanings of words] are to be preserved or adhered to. Jenk. Cent. p. 136, case 78. … [Read more...] about PROPRIETATE PROBANDA, DE.